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Release Notes for ArchiCAD 17 Hotfix 4 (Build 5005)

Warning: We have discovered a consistently replicable crash introduced by this Hotfix. You can read more about the problem here: Help Center. It is recommended to install the Hotfix only if the mentioned problem does not hinder your work. A new Hotfix will be created for solving the problem as soon as possible.

This Hotfix fixes a large number of ArchiCAD 17 bugs. Many frequent crashes, Energy Evaluation miscalculations, BIMx bugs, editing problems have been solved. For details see the List of fixed bugs.

The hotfix applies to ArchiCAD, BIM Server and all other components: BIM Server Manager, BIMx, MEP Modeler and all GRAPHISOFT-distributed Add-Ons and Goodies. It applies to all (Commercial, Educational and Trial) license types.

Standalone BIM Server Manager (This refers to the standalone BIM Server Manager, a separate application which can be optionally installed from the ArchiCAD 17 DVD)

If ArchiCAD 17 and/or the standalone BIM Server Manager are found to be installed on your machine, you can choose to either update it or not. If the BIM Server is found to be installed on your machine, it will be automatically updated if it is not up-to-date. If ArchiCAD 17 is already up-to-date, but one of the ArchiCAD components (e.g. MEP Modeler) is not, the installer will indicate this and you can choose to update it.

Important Note for Teamwork users

Working in Teamwork requires that client ArchiCADs, the BIM Server Manager and the BIM Server all have the identical version number (or “build number”).

If you are running a client ArchiCAD whose version number is different than that of the BIM Server, you cannot continue working in Teamwork until the same hotfix is installed for the BIM Server. (The same is true for all the other client ArchiCADs working from the same BIM Server.)

Therefore, if you decide to update either a client ArchiCAD or a BIM Server, be aware that you must update all clients and the BIM Server so that they share the identical version number.

Installation steps

If the BIM Server is running on a computer that has Windows Server 2008 R2 as its operating system you have to manually stop all BIM Server services prior to applying the patch.

We strongly recommend that you disable any virus checker for the time of the BIM Server installation.

Make sure you have administrator rights on the computer. Start the full installation process using an administrator account. For Mac users make sure to mount the installation dmg while being signed in with the administrator account that you always use to install or patch GRAPHISOFT products. Make sure none of the ArchiCAD components are modified (e.g. renamed). If you are updating a BIM Server, also make sure that you are logged in as the user who installed it originally.

When you run the hotfix package, the process will automatically search your computer for instances of the three applications listed above. For each of these applications found on your machine, you will be informed of its hotfix status (either “is up to date” or “can be updated”).

For ArchiCAD or Standalone BIM Server Manager:

If you have multiple copies ofeither ArchiCAD or the standalone BIM Server Manager on your machine, then the installer will automatically find one copy. If you want to update a different instance, you can use the "Browse" button tolocate it. You will need to run the installer multiple times to update each copy of ArchiCAD / BIM Server Manager.

If the installed ArchICAD or standalone BIM Server Manager is found to be not up-to-date, you also have the option not to update it: click “Don’t update [program] now.”

The update of GRAPHISOFT BIM Server works a bit differently:

If a BIM Server is found to be installed on your machine and is out of date, it will be updated; you have no option to skip the update, unless you cancel the entire Hotfix process.

Only one BIM Server can be installed on a machine, so there is no option to browse to a different program location than the one identified by the program.

Just before the hotfix is launched, the Summary Panel displays information on which programs, in which locations, will be updated.

The BIM Server will be stopped automatically, during the time of hotfixing the BIM Server application, projects will be suspended. Clients must be patched before they can teamwork with the newly hotfixed BIM Server.

If you want the BIM Server to start automatically with the operating system, check again the "Start BIM Server with Operating System" checkbox in the BIM Server Preferences dialog.

If the BIM Server does not start immediately after installation, please restart the computer.

List of bugs fixed in this Hotfix

162393 DOCUMENT: Full layouts and sections of particular projects could become rotated. You can read more about the issue here: Help Center

164080 DOCUMENT: If in the Work Environment the User Preference Schemes -> More Options -> Do not launch new instance of ArchiCAD when placing a view onto Layout setting was checked, drawings could not be placed, only an empty frame appeared.

166044 ENERGY EVALUATION: Switching between radio buttons on the Climate Data dialog could crash ArchiCAD.

161037 ENERGY EVALUATION: The Cooling quantity in the report didn't match with the quantity in the xls.

161507 ENERGY EVALUATION: The Target of the Renewable Energy Source was missing from the 2nd and 3rd bar charts of the Report.PDF's Energy Consumption by Sources chapter, if Heat Pump or Solar collector is used for heating.